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RAILROAD WHEELS AND AXLE INSPECTOR

Specialty Definition: RAILROAD WHEELS AND AXLE INSPECTOR

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Inspects railway car axle and wheel assemblies to determine conformance to Federal and American Railroad Association specifications, using measuring instruments: Verifies diameter of wheel and journal seats on axle, using calipers and micrometers. Measures space between wheels and from center of axle to each wheel, using needle-pointed space gauge, to verify conformance to specifications. Observes hydraulograph pressure-gauge indicator on wheel-pressing machine, as wheels are pressed onto axles, to ensure conformity to ton-pressure tolerances. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: RAILROAD WHEELS AND AXLE INSPECTOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 41 49 4C 52 4F 41 44      57 48 45 45 4C 53      41 4E 44      41 58 4C 45      49 4E 53 50 45 43 54 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000001 01001001 01001100 01010010 01001111 01000001 01000100 00100000 01010111 01001000 01000101 01000101 01001100 01010011 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000001 01011000 01001100 01000101 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0041 0049 004C 0052 004F 0041 0044      0057 0048 0045 0045 004C 0053      0041 004E 0044      0041 0058 004C 0045      0049 004E 0053 0050 0045 0043 0054 004F 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5235434652493538257423939465323548382355846392434853503937544952

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